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Author:: Oakley, David Owen Smith
Title:: Fault-Propagation Fold Kinematics and Deformation Rates in the North Canterbury Fold and Thrust Belt, South Island, New Zealand
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fault-propagation folding
trishear
marine terraces
North Canterbury
New Zealand
File:: Download Oakley_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Furlong, Committee Member
Roman DiBiase, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member

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Author:: Chai, Chengping
Title:: Multi-Objective Geophysical Inversion for Earth Structure and Earthquake Parameters
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Geophysical Inversion
United States
Antarctica
Sumatra
Earth Structure
Earthquakes
File:: Download ChengpingChai-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles J. Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Yi
Title:: Laboratory Estimation and Modeling of Apparent Permeability for Ultra-Tight Anthracite and Shale Matrix: A Multi-Mechanistic Flow Approach
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Permeability Evolution
Analytical Modeling
Geomechanical Deformation
Unconventional Gas Flow
Laboratory Measurement
File:: Download Yi_Wang_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member

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Author:: Fang, Yi
Title:: Induced Microearthquakes and Seismicity-Permeability Relationships in Fractures
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Induced microearthquakes
Frictional parameters
Permeability evolutions
Preexisting fractures
Fracture minerals
Fracture surface roughness
Enhanced Geothermal System
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide
File:: Download Fang_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

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Author:: Liu, Wenpeng
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED ALGORITHMS FOR DETECTION OF JOINTS AND ESTIMATION OF ROCK STRENGTH IN ROCK STRUCTURES BY USING DRILLING PARAMETERS OF THE INSTRUMENTED ROOF BOLTER
Graduate Program:: Mining Engineering
Keywords:: Joint Detection
Rock Strength Estimation
Drilling Parameters
Roof Bolter
Pattern Recognition Algorithms
Wavelet Analysis
Ground Support Optimiztion
Ground Control
Composite Parameters
Mining Health and Safety
Roof Bolts
File:: Download PhD_THESIS-Wenpeng_Liu.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Jeremy M. Gernand, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Outside Member
Jamal Rostami, Special Member

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Author:: Lei, Xiong
Title:: Characterization of Gas-Charged Porous Media from Joint Inversion of P/S- Wave Attenuation Based on OBS and/or Sonic Log Data
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Q estimation
Attenuation inversion
Quality factor
Bayesian inversion
Gas saturation
Porosity
Permeability
OBS
Sonic log
File:: Download Dissertation_XiongLei_revision_v7.pdf
Committee Members:: Eugene Morgan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

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Author:: Yildirim, Elif Cihan
Title:: Co-Evolution of Fracture Permeability and Friction: Roles of Preslip Frictional Healing and Dynamic Stressing, and Implications for Seismicity
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fracture permeability
Friction
Hydraulic stimulation
Reservoir geomechanics
Induced seismicity
Slide-hold-slide
Frictional healing
Dynamic stressing
Experimental geophysics
File:: Download Yildirim_MS_Thesis_Co-Evolution_of_Fracture_Permeability_and_Friction.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Im, Kyungjae
Title:: FRICTION AND PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OF FRACUTRES AND FAULTS DURING STATIC REPOSE AND DYNAMIC REACTIVATION
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fault permeability
Fault Friction
Rate and State Friction
Fault Reactivation
File:: Download Dissertation_KJ_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Madara, Benjamin James
Title:: Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement
File:: Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Schwartz, Brandon
Title:: THE ROLE OF PORE STRUCTURE IN PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OBSERVED IN LABORATORY STUDIES OF MARCELLUS AND WOLFCAMP SHALE
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: permeability evolution
shale
pore structure
pore geometry
material stiffness
permeability enhancement
File:: Download Brandon_Schwartz_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member

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